linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to group with QUESTION

CORRECTED TUTORIAL LINK... i think the hot link in last message went to linux.about.com or similar by mistake pasting....

Setting up Dial-up connection in Ubuntu
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html

Great tutorial with step by step pictures / screenshots.

gerald philly pa usa

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "fred_lieberman" <quartz@...> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> My name is Fred. I am 68 and I live upstate NY.
> I can only access the internet using dial-up.
> I want to switch from using Windows XP to Ubuntu.
> My ISP will not help me as they quote unquote: do not support that product.
>
> MAJOR ISSUE - How do I access the internet using Ubuntu regardless of my ISP, while remaining on dial-up.
>
> One of the members of the Yahoo Ubuntu group suggested this group with the hope you may be able to solve my problem.
>
>
> BACKGROUND
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> 1) Where I live, high speed internet is not available outside of satellite.
>
> 2) My desktop (2004 - XP) developed issues some of which I cleared up, some I have yet to clear up, some I do not trust on the machine.
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> 3) Months ago, I installed Ubuntu 10.04.1 (dual boot) from a CD (DVD unit not working).
>
>
> PROBLEM
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> I cannot dial out into the internet.
> The CD I used came without a dial-up software so I cannot use Ubuntu to dial out.
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>
> WHAT WAS DONE
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> 1) I installed the modem software.
> 2) I found the Terminal and configured a connection using - pppconfig.
> 3) Again, on the Terminal, I entered the command - sudo adduser YOURNAMEHERE dip - successfully.
> 4) When I tried to enter - sudo adduser YOURNAMEHERE dialout - it said I did not have to do it.
> 5) I tried to use - pon comcast - to access the internet and got nowhere.
>
> So, I tried another route. I downloaded Gnome ppp to a thumb drive but could not install it because WV Dial was not in the machine. I found WV Dial, but there were four versions. Do I assume the ppp version is the correct one or do I need all four versions. To install any of the four requires about 10 programs which should be on the machine.
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> MY QUESTIONS
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> 1) Is there a solution that works or should I abandon this process?
> 2) Is Mepis a better program to work with because it is US based and for that reason has a dial-up program already installed on it?
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> I appreciate all the help I can get.
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> Fred
>